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Perinatal Mortality of Twin Fetuses and Newborns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Robaczynski*
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pregnancy and Birth Pathology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
G. Robaczynska
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pregnancy and Birth Pathology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
*
ul. Suchardy 56, m. 8, Wroclaw, Poland

Abstract

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Out of 446 twin births in 1946-1971, 177 (19.8%) were stillborn or perinatally dead. The main reason of twin perinatal mortality is prematurity, which is also confirmed by clinical and anatomopathologic findings. The essential role in the reduction of perinatal mortality is being attributed to ambulatory “K” Centres through early diagnosis of multiple pregnancy and pregnant women hospitalization at 30-32 weeks of pregnancy.

Type
1. Multiple Pregnancy as a High-Risk Pregnancy
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972